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What’s Up Ohio – Ohio Capital Journal

Catching Our Eye News Roundup, April 22, 2026 April 22, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Food pantries on Ohio college campuses help students experiencing food insecurity April 22, 2026
Food insecurity is one of the biggest issues on college campuses, yet is often invisible, according to experts. Almost every college campus in Ohio has a food pantry, but each one is different and a new bipartisan bill would create a hunger-free campus program. “The hope at the end of the day is that every […]
In effort to combat chronic school absences, Ohio launches a statewide attendance dashboard April 22, 2026
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen Dackin have announced the launch of a statewide Attendance Dashboard in an effort to combat chronic absenteeism in K-12 public schools. Over 25% of Ohio students were chronically absent last year, missing nearly one month of school. A student is considered chronically absent […]
Republican Ohio Supreme Court makes Ohio first in nation to allow political endorsements from judges April 22, 2026
You read that right. Ohio’s highest court issued an out-of-the blue ruling with profound implications for an even more partisan judiciary in the state. In a 5-1 Republican majority opinion, the justices made Ohio a complete outlier in the country by ending a decades-old ban on state judges and judicial candidates openly endorsing (or opposing) […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, April 21, 2026 April 21, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Vivek Ramaswamy may have stake in company receiving more than $830 million from Ohio April 21, 2026
In January last year, Gov. Mike DeWine was on stage in an airplane hangar outside Columbus touting the “single largest job creation and new payroll generating project in all of Ohio’s history.” Anduril, a defense contractor specializing in autonomous weapons systems, had just announced it would build its new Arsenal-1 production facility next door to […]

What’s Up In American Politics? – DemocracyNow

Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla's Attempt to Break Israel's Blockade of Gaza April 22, 2026
More than 70 vessels and over 1,000 participants from all over the world have joined a second Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza in order to challenge Israel’s ongoing maritime blockade of aid. We speak to two participants aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which is providing technical support and accompanying the flotilla […]
"Data Colonialism": Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land April 22, 2026
The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental justice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center […]
"Colossus Failure": Elon Musk's Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis April 22, 2026
As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits to power its data centers, Colossus 1 and Colossus 2, polluting the nation’s largest majority-Black […]
AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation's First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It? April 22, 2026
Communities across the United States are pushing back against resource-draining data centers being built to fuel artificial intelligence and crypto ventures. In Maine, state legislators recently passed a first-in-the-country statewide moratorium on large data centers. “Maine residents are concerned about the impacts of data centers on both their electric rates and other utility rates, as […]
Headlines for April 22, 2026 April 22, 2026
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire But Maintains Blockade as Iran Seizes Ships in Strait of Hormuz, Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces, Israeli Army Reservist Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank Settler Attack, NYT: Two Senior Hamas Officials Say Group Could Give Up Some Weapons Belonging to Police Force, Justice Department Indicts Southern […]
Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments April 21, 2026
Police fired tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets at hundreds of animal rights activists in Wisconsin on Saturday as they attempted to rescue about 2,000 dogs from a facility that breeds beagles for medical experimentation. The crackdown by Dane County sheriff’s deputies left scores of activists injured; 25 people were arrested. Protesters were attempting […]

Call your representatives today to voice your concerns.

US House of Representatives: Jim Jordan

202-225-2676

US Senator: Bernie Moreno

202-224-2315

US Senator: Jon Husted

202-224-3353

Governor Mike DeWine

614-644-4357